"Don't
let me detain you," she said. "I see I have neither advice nor
help to expect from Mr. Julian Gray."
Julian beckoned to the servant to follow him into a corner of the
room.
"Do you know if the doctor has been sent for?" he asked.
"I believe not, sir. It is said in the servants' hall that the
doctor is not wanted."
Julian was too anxious to be satisfied with a report from the
servants' hall. He hastily wrote on a slip of paper: "Has she
recovered?" and gave the note to the man, with directions to take
it to Lady Janet.
"Did you hear what I said?" Grace inquired, while the messenger
was absent in the dining room.
"I will answer you directly," said Julian.
The servant appeared again as he spoke, with some lines in pencil
written by Lady Janet on the back of Julian's note. "Thank God,
we have revived her. In a few minutes we hope to be able to take
her to her room."
The nearest way to Mercy's room was through the library. Grace's
immediate removal had now become a necessity which was not to be
trifled with. Julian addressed himself to meeting the difficulty
the instant he was left alone with Grace.
"Listen to me," he said.
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